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100 Must-Read Works of Southern Literature - Page 2

Emily Gatlin of BookRiot writes: I started to make a list of Southern books I had in my personal library, and I had around 70 that I would be willing to tell a stranger to read. Bookseller extraordinaire Joe Hickman of Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi helped me fill in some gaps, and we exchanged a few notes on upcoming releases.
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The Fall of the House of Zeus (Curtis Wilkie)
The Fall of the House of Zeus
41
Curtis Wilkie
Father of the Blues (W. C. Handy)
Father of the Blues
42
W. C. Handy
Fire in the Morning (Elizabeth Spencer)
Fire in the Morning
43
Elizabeth Spencer
Geronimo Rex
Geronimo Rex
44
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues (William Ferris)
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues
45
William Ferris
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
46
Margaret Mitchell
The Great Santini
The Great Santini
47
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
48
Carson McCullers
Hell at the Breech (Tom Franklin)
Hell at the Breech
49
Tom Franklin
House of Prayer No. 2 (Mark Richard)
House of Prayer No. 2
50
Mark Richard
I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down (William Gay)
I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down
51
William Gay
It Wasn't All Dancing and Other Stories (Mary Ward Brown)
It Wasn't All Dancing and Other Stories
52
Mary Ward Brown
Joe
Joe
53
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House
54
The Kitchen House (Kathleen Grissom)
The Kitchen House
55
Kathleen Grissom
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
56
Edward P. Jones
Lanterns on the Levee (William Alexander Percy)
Lanterns on the Levee
57
William Alexander Percy
The Last Gentleman (Walker Percy)
The Last Gentleman
58
Walker Percy
The Last Girls (Lee Smith)
The Last Girls
59
Lee Smith
The Last of the Southern Girls (Willie Morris)
The Last of the Southern Girls
60
Willie Morris
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
61
William Faulkner
The Little Friend by Donna Tart
The Little Friend by Donna Tart
62
Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South (Roy Blount Jr.)
Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South
63
Roy Blount Jr.
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
64
Thomas Wolfe
The Mind of the South (W. J. Cash)
The Mind of the South
65
W. J. Cash
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
66
Walker Percy
Mudbound (Hillary Jordan)
Mudbound
67
Hillary Jordan
The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure (Jack Pendarvis)
The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure
68
Jack Pendarvis
Native Guard (Natasha Trethewey)
Native Guard
69
Natasha Trethewey
North Toward Home (Willie Morris)
North Toward Home
70
Willie Morris
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
71
Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (Clifton Taulbert)
Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
72
Clifton Taulbert
One Foot in Eden (Ron Rash)
One Foot in Eden
73
Ron Rash
One Mississippi (Mark Childress)
One Mississippi
74
Mark Childress
The Optimist's Daughter (Eudora Welty)
The Optimist's Daughter
75
Eudora Welty
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms
76
Poachers (Tom Franklin)
Poachers
77
Tom Franklin
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
78
Pat Conroy
Provinces of Night (William Gay)
Provinces of Night
79
William Gay
The Quiet Game (Greg Iles)
The Quiet Game
80
Greg Iles
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